Economy is Care is a narrative-shifting campaign from the New Economy Hub that starts with a simple premise: An economy is not an abstract spreadsheet of growth targets. It is the daily web of relationships that determines how we live, work, care for each other, and steward the planet.

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GDP measures profits; but it doesn’t measure people, dignity, or care.” — Dr Lebohang Pheko. GDP counts mines, not lungs. Prisons, not parenting. Extraction, not exhaustion. So what happens when we flip the script and measure what truly matters: care, time, health, trust, and dignity? This is the first dialogue in the Economy is Care series — Beyond GDP: Measuring What Matters in an Inclusive Economy.

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Economy is Care Playlists

These conversations aren’t new. Long before policy spaces caught up, artists, musicians, and communities have been wrestling with the same questions about justice, dignity, and care through rhythm, lyrics, poetry, and performance.

That’s why music and art are not an add-on, but the heartbeat of Economy is Care. They remind us that the economy is lived in bodies, kitchens, classrooms, and communities — not just in boardrooms or spreadsheets.

For each dialogue, we curate a playlist as a way to metabolise tough economic debates through imagination, rhythm, and collective memory. These soundtracks invite us to think, feel, and move together making policy not only an intellectual exercise, but also a cultural one.